Ryōji Noyori

Ryōji Noyori
Ryōji Noyori
	Noyori in 2002
Born	September 3, 1938; Kobe, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto University
Awards	Asahi Prize (1992); Tetrahedron Prize (1993); Arthur C. Cope Award (1997); Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2001); Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2001); ForMemRS (2005); Lomonosov Gold Medal (2009);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry; Green chemistry; Asymmetric catalysis;
Institutions	Harvard University; RIKEN; Nagoya University;
Doctoral advisor	Hitoshi Nozaki
Other academic advisors	Elias J. Corey
Website	www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2001/noyori-facts.html

Ryōji Noyori (野依良治, Noyori Ryōji; born September 3, 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation).

Ryōji Noyori
Noyori in 2002
Born	(1938-09-03) September 3, 1938 Kobe, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto University
Awards	Asahi Prize (1992) Tetrahedron Prize (1993) Arthur C. Cope Award (1997) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2001) Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2001) ForMemRS (2005) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Green chemistry Asymmetric catalysis
Institutions	Harvard University RIKEN Nagoya University
Doctoral advisor	Hitoshi Nozaki
Other academic advisors	Elias J. Corey

Website	www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2001/noyori-facts.html